NSIDC Total Area as at 23-Sep-2020 (5 day trailing average) 2,900,506 KM2 Total Area 2,900,506 km2 -450,767 km2 < 2010's average. -484,911 km2 < 2019 -1,312,364 km2 < 2000's average. Total Change 57 k gain Peripheral Seas 7 k gain Central Seas___ 50 k gain Peripheral Seas Okhotsk______ -0 k loss Bering _______ -0 k loss Hudson Bay___ 1 k gain Baffin Bay____ 2 k gain St Lawrence___ - k loss Greenland____ 4 k gain Barents ______ 0 k gain Central Arctic Ocean Seas Chukchi______ 1 k gain Beaufort_____ 1 k gain CAA_________ 7 k gain East Siberian__ 7 k gain Central Arctic_ 36 k gain Laptev_______ -0 k loss Kara_________ -1 k loss
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Sea ice area gain on this day 57 k, 27 k more than the 2010's average gain of 30 k
- 2020 area is at position #2 in the satellite record.
- 2020 Area is 451 k less than the 2010's average
- 2020 Area is 1,312 k less than the 2000's average
- 2020 Area is 52 k less than 2016
- 2020 Area is 485 k less than 2019
- 2020 Area is 410 k more than 2012
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NSIDC Total EXTENT as at 23-Sep-2020 (5 day trailing average) 3,920,890 KM2 NSIDC Sea ice EXTENT gain on this day 46 k, 16 k more than the 2010's average gain of 30k
- 2020 EXTENT is at position #2 in the satellite record.
- 2020 EXTENT is 698 k less than the 2010's average
- 2020 EXTENT is 1,690 k less than the 2000's average
- 2020 EXTENT is 691 k less than 2016
- 2020 EXTENT is 369 k less than 2019
- 2020 EXTENT is 341 k more than 2012
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over 60 percent of the high sea ice area gain is from the Central Arctic Sea sea ice gain.
Sea ice EXTENT gain is much more moderate.
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